Activists at a forum about minority issues pointedly chanted “where is Clinton?!” to highlight that the frontrunner headed for coronation skipped the event while O’Malley and Bernie Sanders attended.
Organizers focused on minority issues interrupt progressive event in Des Moines w/ 1 ?– Where is @HillaryClinton? pic.twitter.com/qALx0mwtST
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) January 9, 2016
While she’s polling far ahead in national polls, Hillary is close to losing in key primary states.
All three Dem candidates were invited this CCI event in Des Moines #Iowa focused on inequality (racial, economic). O'Malley and Sanders here
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) January 9, 2016
.@MartinOMalley rails against deportations, speaks passionately 4 offering status 2 minors from LatinAm #CCIAF #Iowa pic.twitter.com/og9mvJ98Kh
— MaryAlice Parks (@maryaliceparks) January 9, 2016
It looks like the Hillary camp is trying to carefully avoid the media and any controversy while on her way to the coronation, and her competitors are trying to throw it all in her face.